Speaker Abbot Award To Alfred Taban (EDM521)

Speaker Abbot Award To Alfred Taban

EDM number 521 in 2005-06, proposed by David Drew on 06/07/2005.

That this House congratulates Alfred Taban of Sudan for the recognition for outstanding journalism by the presentation of the Speaker Abbot Award to him, by Speaker Martin on Tuesday 5th July and in particular for his bravery in the face of personal risk including torture, and for his commitment to bring to the wider world the horrors of Darfur; urges the British Government to put pressure on the regime in Khartoum to re-open the Khartoum Monitor, Alfred's newspaper, which he edits, so that Sudan can begin to demonstrate the traits of a democracy including a free press; and thanks the BBC World Service and Human Rights Watch for nominating him.

This motion has been signed by a total of 26 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
David Drew	06/07/2005	Stroud	Labour	Proposed
Andrew George	07/07/2005	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Lynne Jones	07/07/2005	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Seconded
John Hemming	07/07/2005	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Mike Hancock	07/07/2005	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	07/07/2005	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	07/07/2005	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	07/07/2005	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	07/07/2005	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	11/07/2005	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Pelling	11/07/2005	Croydon Central	Conservative	Signed
David Lepper	12/07/2005	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	12/07/2005	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	12/07/2005	Gower	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	12/07/2005	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	12/07/2005	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	13/07/2005	North Down	UUP	Signed
Gordon Marsden	13/07/2005	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	14/07/2005	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	14/07/2005	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	14/07/2005	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	19/07/2005	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	19/07/2005	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	19/07/2005	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Pope	20/07/2005	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	06/11/2006	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed

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